Alberto Franceschini

Alberto Franceschini (26 October 1947-) was a leader of the Italian Red Brigades during the "Years of Lead".

Biography
Alberto Franceschini was born in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy in 1947, the grandson of one of the founders of the Italian Communist Party. At a young age, he joined the Italian Communist Youth Federation, and he led the Proletarian Left radical and student group during the 1960s. In 1970, he merged his group into the Red Brigades, and the Red Brigades carried out several bombings and kidnappings from 1972 to 1975 during the "Years of Lead". Franceschini was captured and imprisoned in 1974, and was released in 1992.